It has been a fascinating year for civilian supersonic flight but at the end of 2022, going "faster than speed of sound" seems further away than some expected we would be at this stage. Announced delivery dates continue to slip from 2008 (Aerion I) to now promised deliveries by the end of the decade. Lots [...]
On Earth Day 2022, XPRIZE and the Musk Foundation announced the 15 winners of the $1 million Milestone Awards in the $100 million XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. These awards recognize early-stage success and help teams scale up their solutions to address climate change through durable and measurable carbon removal. Representing nine countries, including the [...]
Unfortunate news that Aerion Supersonic is shutting down. A lot of good people have been working hard for years at the company to introduce their vision for supersonic flight. I personally know a number of their engineers and executives. Wish them all the best. https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2021/05/21/aerion-supersonic-abruptly-shuts-down-citing-challenges-securing-capital/5208809001/ Engineering, customers and partners are not all that are [...]
Written for Abu Dhabi Ideas 2019 In 1966, I left a remote desert village in India, with my mom, on a camel. A few weeks later, we were on our first 747 aircraft to London. That was 53 years and 38 countries ago. That one experience made all the difference in opportunities available to [...]
Vik Kachoria, President and CEO of Spike Aerospace, will be speaking at the 2019 Ideas Abu Dhabi conference. The event features very focused sessions designed to tackle large, complex challenges from many angles. The intent is to allow for enough focus and perspective to further understanding and advance potential solutions. Over the course of two [...]